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Birthdays

...
Birthdays were always shared.
Two cakes sat mid-table, 
‘Happy Birthday’ was sung
with two names instead of one. 
I did not like being a twin, 
having a sister the same age, 
always being lab...

Categories: traditionalist, love, miss you, sister,
Form: Free verse

CLERIHEW longfellow

...Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
a poet,in school most come to know
very much a poesy traditionalist
with lyrical musicality did persist...

Categories: traditionalist, people, poetry,
Form: Clerihew

Word-Slinger Duel

...
dawn dual duel
two  poets
a face-off  duel joust
free verse  rhyme verse
a modernist  traditionalist
mull and muse   tell it true
prompt a reaction   lay it out the...

Categories: traditionalist, poets,
Form: Other

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Experimental

...I thought about doing some experimental poetry;
you paste words here and there
making a shape though keeping it bewildering.
You have to look at it upside down or from right to left,
but I really...

Categories: traditionalist, poetry,
Form: Free verse

I Am Troubadour

...I Am Troubadour...

I am troubadour;
the singer and the swinger
of ancient lyrical lines,
as I inscribe them with my pen.
I am traditionalist;
of writing down many thoughts,
inscribing them o...

Categories: traditionalist, words,
Form: Free verse

A Haibun Reply

...A haibun reply:

I envy you, hope it has been inspirational for you, and reading your last haiku I think it has! My concern, or argument for no title is a traditionalist based ideology, for if a ha...

Categories: traditionalist, nature, pollution, seasons,
Form: Haibun

Connections

...traditionalist
stoic
genius:
          influence
          status
          myths:
rhythms
sensations
flashbacks:
                legendary
                unique
                alive:
p...

Categories: traditionalist, life,
Form: List

Tonight I Will Write About Light

...Tonight I will write
About light—
With meaning clearly
One of blossom,
Needing no catchy phrase
For illumination,
Nor word associations
With fancy twists
And tightly packed
Lofty configurati...

Categories: traditionalist, allegory, allusion, imagery, introspection,
Form: Free verse

My Modern Woman

...my 21st century woman,
my modern woman,
You have been first of the 
born free
one year younger but already 
more worldly than me,
traditionalist, but still liberal 
so you're a left wing and a...

Categories: traditionalist, spoken word
Form: Free verse

The Traditionalist

...throws down his coat in the 
puddle, always wraps his arm 
around, 
squeezes her in public, goes to
church on sunday, shows her off to
his mom, takes her to his favorite bar,
lets her wear his sports...

Categories: traditionalist, life, son, wedding, son,
Form: Free verse

Slam Poetry Is For Orangutangs!

...The Orangutang:

There once was a traditionalist,
Who in his ignorance had missed
The beauty of youth,
The ever-changing truth!
He's a typical fundamentalist!


The Traditionalist:

"I can...

Categories: traditionalist, confusion, funny, on writing
Form: Limerick

The Reader

...I know you would come to my poem
Like a tree, being fully clothed
With spades and measuring lines
To dig for roots in syllables of mine
Unearthing the buttress to shine.
Making a mess of the gro...

Categories: traditionalist, love, on writing and
Form: Free verse